Blog Archives

Names for First Floor “Commons”

February 22, 2011
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We’re trying to differentiate the ground floor Commons from the 1st floor Commons. The First floor area could be more like the old Research Assistance area in that it we’re thinking of it more as an IRIS managed space. So what to call it? Library Discovery Center

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Digitization Cluster Meeting Agenda 2/15/11

February 9, 2011
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Agenda Meeting 2/16/11 from 1:30-3pm in Admin 153L. Pick up safety gear in HSS 117 before the meeting Review Detail Drawings Discuss Services Back of House Service Point Public Area Review Layout Ideas Identify Outstanding Issues Location for DDS physical processing Others? Cluster Blog: http://library.sfsu.edu/blogs/clusters/ Visit Digitization Center in new Lib Need safety gear!...

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My Millennium : Innovative Interfaces

February 4, 2011
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My Millennium provides a dashboard for easy interaction between users and their library without the need for staff assistance. Users can use My Lists to create groups of desirable materials, place a hold or freeze it!; change contact info; book rooms or materials; sign-up for alerts of preferred searches, and much more. It’s a...

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Open Source Room Reservation Systems

February 4, 2011
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Meeting Room Booking System. We used earlier version for Reserve IT. phpScheduleIt BookingPad – Looks interesting. (Java)

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OpenRoom: Making Room Reservation Easy for Students and Faculty

February 3, 2011
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OpenRoom: Making Room Reservation Easy for Students and Faculty Scheduling and booking space is a problem facing many academic and public libraries. Systems staff at the Ball State University Libraries addressed this problem by developing a user friendly room management system, OpenRoom. The new room management application was developed using an open source model...

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Patron use of Self-Service Area

February 1, 2011
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Typical activities in the self-service area in the front of the digitization services area: Faculty: use computer stations to scan and upload content into iLearn: Faculty: “help lab” session with staff from the Lib and/or AT (or send them to Fac MMP on second floor?) Students: upload digital copies of theses into repository Students:...

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Back of House Services (Digitization Center)

February 1, 2011
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Typical duties for Library staff working in the back of house area: Check for existing online versions of content requested for reserves by faculty Digitize print content received from faculty that is not available online. Check for existing online versions of content requested for document delivery Digitize print content requested for document delivery that...

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Services at the Service Counter

February 1, 2011
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Typical duties for staff working at the Digitization Service Point: Accept documents for digitization and files to upload into eReserves/iLearn system from faculty Accept hard copy reserves from faculty (for delivery to / pickup by Distribution) Accept media reserves from faculty (for delivery to / pickup by Media Services) Assist faculty using digitization equipment...

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Next Digitization Cluster Meeting Set

February 1, 2011
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Based on the Doodle responses, Tuesday, February 14th from 1:30-3pm is the best time for the next digitization cluster meeting. Location and agenda TBD.

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Doodle for Digitization Meeting #4

January 25, 2011
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Click “participate” below to fill out the Doodle for this meeting.

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